An unwanted dog. An emotional rescue.
Sometimes the life you save may be your own.
Laurie had her own shattered dreams before she came to work at Crystal Peaks Youth Ranch--the ranch of rescued dreams--where broken horses and broken children encounter healing every day. Reaching out to save a dog in need, Laurie soon realized that the dog was rescuing "her."
An inspiring true story told through the engaging voice of Kim Meeder, "Blind Hope "reveals poignant life lessons Laurie experienced from her ailing, yet courageous canine friend. Despite the blindness of her dog--and her own heart--Laurie uncovered what she really needed most: authentic love, unconditional trust, and true acceptance, faults and all.
As Laurie and her dog, Mia, both learned to follow the lead of a master they couldn't see, Laurie discoverd the transforming power of God's selfless love even for imperfect and selfish people--and she experienced a greater love than she has ever known.
"Love is a bridge that stands firm through difficulties and connects one heart directly to another, not because of how it looks, but because of what it "is."" --Kim Meeder, "Blind Hope"

Cross Over Troubled Waters
Hope is like the stars--always there, yet shining brightest in the blackest of nights. It is like the dawn, always rising anew. Hope is for everyone, and that includes you. This collection of more than twenty true stories from a ranch of rescued dreams unveils the heart of true strength and the character of genuine courage. Experience for yourself the kind of love and hope that change a person from the inside out. Because sometimes, just believing in someone is enough for them to start believing in themselves. It's the galvanizing truth that no matter how deep your pain...God's love exceeds it still.
Sometimes, just believing in someone is enough for them to start believing in themselves...
"Without raising his eyes to look at me, in a voice barely clearing the horizon of a whisper, he said, " "I know you don't love me... You just say that 'cuz you're an adult and it's kinda like your job. But I know you don't "really" love me."
"Suffering and blessing balance on the same high wire, each giving stability and depth to the other. The one that we feel the most...is ultimately the one that we give the most. "
"It was her eyes that gave her away. The conflict of her mortal illness versus her will raged behind them. Her body shouted, " "I'm sick and it's getting harder and harder to do the things I love " "while her indomitable will shouted back, " "Yeah, but I'm just a little kid, and little kids should get to ride horses "
"What a relief it is when we begin to understand that it is within our hardships that truth is elevated from our hearts to our heads. "
"During the darkest days I'd ever known, I was introduced to the unconditional love of a little horse and a merciful God, and my life has never been the same," says author Kim Meeder. And her book proves that hope is not only for us to keep...but to give.
"Stirring, encouraging, and inspirational, "Bridge Called Hope" reminds us that hope is heaven sent for everyone, and that we, too, can make a positive difference in others' lives."
"-Eric Close, Actor
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"Kim Meeder vibrantly shares--and lives--an amazing story of hope and restoration. A triumph of recovery for wounded hearts "
"-Louie Giglio, Director, Passion Conferences, and bestselling author
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Story Behind the Book
"I was moved to write "Hope Rising" and "Bridge Called Hope" because, when I needed it the most, someone shared hope with me and it saved my life. During the darkest days I'd ever known, I was introduced to the unconditional love of a little horse and a merciful God, and my life has never been the same. Everything in our life is about choices. We cannot control our circumstances, but we "can" control how we choose to feel about them. The pain that we feel in this life is certain. What is equally certain is how we choose to feel about the pain. It can destroy us--or it can define us. The choice is uniquely ours." --Kim Meeder

Journey into the Mystery of God's Presence Who our God is and how he works cannot be captured or contained. Our God is extreme. Our God is unstoppable, unfathomable, and untamable. Our God is wild. And he is beckoning us to pursue him beyond our circumstances, beyond our emotions, and beyond our logic into the glorious mystery that is him. Offering miraculous, inspiring stories of lives and circumstances transformed by the Holy Spirit, author and speaker Kim Meeder shows that God isn't calling us to fully understand him; he's calling us to fully trust Him. Here she gives practical, everyday ways to pursue him more passionately and to trust him more fiercely. The wild beauty and glory of our God are calling. And in this hallowed, thrilling place, we will see his face reflected in the miraculous--and we will experience the limitless nature of our wild God.

Revival happens when passion for God breaks through human restraint and ignites one heart after another with his unquenchable love. Speaking with enthusiasm and vibrancy, Kim Meeder encourages readers to seek transformation of heart, soul, mind, and strength by engaging the holy fire of God's presence. Within this place, fear and pride melt away and the desire burns brightly to reach all who are losing the battle for hope. Through inspiring true encounters, Meeder challenges each believer to accept Jesus's commission to carry the living flame of his love wherever he leads.

Kim Meeder has seen horses go where no one else can tread - stepping through the minefield of a broken child's soul in a dance of trust that only God can understand. From a mistreated horse to an emotionally starved child and back again, a torrent of love washes away their barren places. Kim's ranch is a place where this miracle happens over and over again. It is a place where the impossible flourishes, where dreams survive the inferno of reality - a place where hope rises.
Where Wounded Spirits Run Free
Follow a horse where no one else can tread, through the minefield of pain that surrounds a broken child's soul. From a mistreated horse to an emotionally starved child and back again, a torrent of love revives their barren places.
In the presence of unconditional love, a mute girl speaks for the first time. A defiant teenager teaches a horse to trust again...and opens his own heart to love. A rescued horse gives a dying man his last wish. A battered girl finds love and protection in the friendship of a battered horse...
Come visit a place where the impossible flourishes, where dreams survive the inferno of reality--a place where hope rises.